Participants, supporters, and opponents weigh in on the role of Medicare Advantage subsidiaries as program design evolves. Direct contracting (DC) is an interesting name for a CMS model that permits ...

The Direct Contracting Model saved Medicare $70 million in 2021 as the Biden administration plans a major overhaul to the value-based care program next year. Recently released data from the Centers ...

Organizations’ net savings in the first year of a Medicare accountable care model varied widely, spotlighting the difficulties of delivering value-based care, where just a few sick patients or a ...

The Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model for Performance Year 2022 saved the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services $371.5 million and saved direct contracting entities $484.1 million, ...

Organizations in a discontinued Medicare accountable care model saved the program $372 million in 2022, more than five times the prior year, according to recent data from the CMS. Direct contracting ...

Cigna subsidiary CareAllies, which helps providers simplify and accelerate value-based care, will participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Global and Professional Direct ...

CMS recently named the 53 organizations that are participating in the 2021 performance year for the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model. The model's 2021 performance year starts April 1.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a redesign of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model (the GPDC Model) and renamed the GPDC Model the ACO REACH ...

Technology company Clover Health announced it will run its in-home primary care program, Clover Home Care, through CMS’ Direct Contracting Model. “The goal of Direct Contracting is to make the ...

Program has driven reductions in hospital stays and medical expensesInks new partnerships with leading home-based care providers, Spiras Health and Upward Health Home care for high-risk individuals is ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...